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214 skepticism about SIU: see Moore, “The Later Caresse Crosby,” D.C. Magazines, p. 14.
214 “The [Southern Illinois] University . . .”: CC to Moore (Aug. 5, 1963), Beatrice Moore collection.
214 “I intended to write you . . .”: CC to Olson, UConn.
215 “Well, he was a poet . . .”: CC, quoted by Sy Kahn to author (Jan. 16, 1989).
Chapter XVI: A Threshold for Peace
(CC/Harry T. Moore correspondence is from the private collection of Beatrice Moore.)
216 October 1963 visit to Carbondale: see Moore, “The Later Caresse Crosby,” D.C. Magazines, p. 14.
216 “traveling alone is more and more difficult . . .”: CC to Moore (Mar. 27, 1963).
217 “Why not Rome and Rocca? . . .”: CC to Moore (May 3, 1963).
217 “Sy Kahn has been here . . .”: CC to Moore (Sept. 12, 1963).
217 “he [Pound] doesn’t say a word . . .”: CC to Rosenberg (Sept. 12, 1963), SIU 140/66–8.
217 Steloff anecdote: author interview (New York, Oct. 1984).
218 “I am waiting with some impatience . . .”: CC to Moore (Mar. 28, 1966).
218 “I was put off by SIU’s decision . . .”: CC to Moore (Jan. 1, 1967).
219 Helen Simpson’s brownstone: interview with Helen-Louise Simpson Seggerman (New York, Oct. 1987).
219 “When will you and Robert appear?”: Simpson to CC (Oct. 4, 1965), SIU 140/67–12.
219 Kerensky at Simpson’s: see Abraham, Alexander Kerensky, ch. 18.
220 “I am lunching tomorrow . . .”: CC to Moore (Nov. 4, 1966).
220 “You told me on our first meeting . . .”: CC to Pregel (July 15, 1968), SIU 140/17–5.
221 “Until the Castle becomes . . .”: CC to Boyko (Feb. 15, 1969), SIU 140/18–2.
221 “I have been getting steadily worse . . .”: CC to Moore (May 16, 1965).
222 “I am fine but have grown enormous . . .”: CC to Moore (Sept. 14, 1965).
222 “I don’t know enough . . .”: CC to Moore (n.d.).
222 “agenda for a meeting of Humanists . . .”: CC, handwritten memo, SIU 140/15–5.
223 “Your interesting and really flattering communication . . .”: CC to Parmalee (Apr. 16, 1969), SIU 140/18–2.
223 “Blessings on you . . .”: Parmalee to CC (May 18, 1969), SIU 140/18–2.
224 “Your Holiness, . . . I call myself . . .”: CC to Pope Paul VI (Apr. 26, 1965), SIU 140/16–5.
224 “even the weather rejoiced . . .”: Simpson to CC (Oct. 4,1965), SIU 140/67–12.
225 “Threshold for Peace”: typescript of “Organizational Program,” SIU 140/17–4.
225 A galaxy of stars . . . at Spoleto: O’Grady letter to author (Jan, 5, 1989); author interview with Priscilla Morgan (New York, Nov. 1988).
225 Pound emerged from his self-imposed silence: see Snyder, ed., Buckminster Fuller, p. 167.
225 “CARESSE CROSBY, Citizen of the World” (invitation to Threshold for Peace ceremony), SIU 140/7–6.
226 “You said you know . . .”: CC to Fuller (Aug. 30,1968), SIU 140/49–4.
226 “Dear Caresse Crosby. . . The world will catch up with you . . .”: Baldwin to CC (Sept. 19, 1968), SIU 140/17–6.
227 “Caressima . . . . . . dear Caressima; I was so happy . . .”: Rice Pereira to CC (Sept. 12, 1968), SIU 140/17–6.
227 “With you in word . . .”: Ginsberg to CC (Sept. 24, 1968), SIU 140/49–12.
228 “I acknowledge your ideas . . .”: Dott. Tristano Cabrini to CC (Oct. 15, 1968), SIU 140/17–6.
228 “how wonderful I thought all went on Sunday . . .”: Tate to CC (Oct. 1968), SIU 140/17–6.
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229 “[the] doctors couldn’t cure me . . .”: CC to Simpson (June 21, 1969), SIU 140/67–12.
229 “a sort of castle reunion . . .”: Simpson to CC (July 11, 1969), SIU 140/67–12.
230 Kerensky’s last years: see Abraham, Alexander Kerensky, p. 381.
230 “French and psychology are old hat . . .”: Ruth and Steve Orkin to CC (Sept. 10, 1969), SIU 140/18–2.
230 “the pace of life . . .”: Mann to CC, SIU 140/57–8.
231 “Other members of the clan . . .”: CC to Olson (Dec. 6, 1968), UConn.
231 “give us time/O Overlord . . .”: unpublished poem by CC (Apr. 20, 1968), SIU 140/60–12.
232 “Like me, you covet your every habit . . .”: O’Grady to CC (May 18, 1969), SIU 140/60–12.
232 Invitation to BE-IN (June 9, 1969): SIU 140/18–2.
233 “That last season together . . .”: O’Grady to author (Jan, 5, 1989).
233 “I am writing this last Christmas card . . .”: Lymington to CC (Dec. 15, 1969), SIU 140/56–9.
234 “I was terribly pleased . . .”: CC to Nin [Jan. 15, 1970), NYPL, Berg.
234 A Parisian fortune-teller: Kahn, “A Personal Note,” p. xxxii.
234 “She was aging more rapidly than any of us were aware. . .”: O’Grady to author (Jan. 5, 1989).
234 “entrance” in a thin cocktail gown: author interview with Mann (Rome, July 1985).
234 “I was there . . .”: O’Grady to author (Jan. 5, 1989).
235 A wake was held in Rome at Roloff Beny’s apartment: author interview with Brian Swann (Bennington, VT, July 1988).
235 a Jewish psychologist: author interview with Mann (Rome, July 1985).
235 “dig deeper into the motives . . .”: Cowley to CC (Dec. 14, 1949), SIU 140/36–4.
235 “As for the ideas underlying the actions . . .”: CC to Cowley (Nov. 19, 1949), SIU 140/36–4.
235 “Vitally alive . . .”: O’Grady to author (Jan. 5, 1989).
235 Caresse Crosby obituary, Harry T. Moore, The Times (London), Jan. 24, 1970.
235 Memorial service at Gotham Book Mart: interview with Steloff (New York, Oct. 1985); see also Moore, “The Later Caresse Crosby,” D.C. Magazines, p. 14. `
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